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analgesia
noun
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Word History
borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Greek analgēsía "lack of feeling, insensibility," from an- an- + álgēsis "sense of pain" (from algē-, variant stem of algéō, algeîn "to feel pain, suffer" — derivative of álgos "pain," of uncertain origin — + -sis -sis) + -ia -ia entry 1, probably formed after análgētos "insensible to pain"
circa 1706, in the meaning defined above
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“Analgesia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analgesia. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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